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Project: Vulnerability
and Adaptation Assessment of Coastal Aspects of Jamaica |
| Project:
Quantifying the elevation of the Negril tourist
strip in face of future sea level rise Value: J$200,000 Duration: 1 month Funding Agency: Environmental Foundation of Jamaica Date Commenced: May, 2008 |
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: Beach
Erosion And Coastal Hazards: Ensuring Saftey (BEACHES): Phase 2.
Value : J$3.8 million Duration : 1 year Funding Agency : Environmental Foundation of Jamaica Date Commenced : May, 2006 |
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: Review of beach erosion hazard maps
for Belize and Grenada Value : J$520,000 Duration : 4 months Funding Agency : Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency Date Commenced : August, 2005 |
| Project:
Sediment budget of the Rio Grande watershed and its effect on the
beach sediments at St. Margarets Bay, Portland (pdf) Value: J$1.5 million Duration: 1 Year Funding Agency: NEPA/USAID Date Completed: March, 2005 |
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: Evaluation of coastline changes and
hazards in Jamaica to improve hazard reduction strategies for coastal
communities (Beach Erosion And Coastal Hazards: Ensuring Safety)
Value : J$5.9 million Duration : 2 years Funding Agency : Environmental Foundation of Jamaica Date Commenced : March, 2004 |
| Project:
Examination
of offshore deposits of sand on the South Coast Shelf, for potential
commercial exploitation Value: J$130,000 Duration: 3 months Funding Agency: Environmental Foundation of Jamaica Date Completed: March, 2004 |
Project
: Examination of beach erosion at
St. Margaret's Bay, Portland, Jamaica. |
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: Compilation of all known
publications and maps of the physical characteristics of Jamaica’s
Exclusive Economic Zone (JEEZ). Value: J$1.2 million Duration: Funding Agency: Environmental Foundation of Jamaica Date Completed: 2002 |
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